Famed former CBS network news anchor Dan Rather called Watergate "the biggest political scandal of my lifetime, until maybe now."
In the wake of the forced resignation of national security adviser Michael Flynn on Monday, Rather took to his Facebook page to connect the similarities between the end of Richard Nixon's presidency and the beginning of Donald Trump's.
"And we may look back and see, in the end, that it is at least as big as Watergate," Rather wrote. "It may become the measure by which all future scandals are judged. It has all the necessary ingredients, and that is chilling."
Flynn, Trump's short-lived national security adviser, ran afoul of Vice President Mike Pence when he lied about the nature and timing of his conversations with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. regarding sanctions being imposed by former President Obama.
Now, amid a New York Times report that Trump associates often deal with Russian officials long before the election, Republican senators are calling for investigations into Russia and Flynn, begging the question - would those probes connect Trump to Russia's hacking of the Democrats?
Rather also calls for an independent investigation - "Damn the lies."
"The White House has no credibility on this issue," Rather wrote. "Their spigot of lies - can't we finally all agree to call them lies - long ago lost them any semblance of credibility. I would also extend that to the Republican Congress, who has excused away the Trump Administration's assertions for far too long. ….
"It is real and it is serious. Deadly serious," Rather wrote.
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